Media representatives are invited to cover a visit by University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser and School of Pharmacy Dean
Robert Blouin to Elizabeth City State University, where they will observe a
biochemistry class taught via video-teleconference by a UNC pharmacy professor
back in Chapel Hill.

ECSU Chancellor Mickey Burnim will meet with Moeser and Blouin beforehand and
observe the class with them. Dr. Ken Bastow, associate professor of medicinal
chemistry and natural products, will lead the class from Kerr 1001 on the
UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Lunch and visits with the students will follow the
class.

Moeser’s trip is part of his "Carolina Connects" initiative,
launched in the spring of 2004. Since that time, Moeser has visited each region
of the state to highlight the many ways in which UNC-Chapel Hill serves North
Carolina’s people and its communities.

Launched in fall 2005, the UNC-Chapel Hill and Elizabeth City State
University Doctor of Pharmacy Partnership Program enrolls between 10 and 15
students per year at ECSU. This partnership enables the PharmD program to
graduate more pharmacists each year with the specific goal of increasing the
number of pharmacists working in the underserved area of northeastern North
Carolina.

Admission and curriculum requirements are the same for students on both
campuses. Pioneering students in the ECSU-based program are co-enrolled in a
bachelor of science in pharmaceutical sciences program at ECSU and the doctor of
pharmacy program at UNC-Chapel Hill and remain on the ECSU campus for the first
three years of instruction in the PharmD program, with the exception of
orientation and special events. Students complete the experiential component of
the program through a network of nine Area Health Education Centers, as do
students based in Chapel Hill. Students will have a variety of opportunities to
interact with faculty and advisers on both campuses.

Upon completion of degree requirements, graduates of the program receive a
bachelor of science in pharmaceutical sciences with acknowledgement of the
partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill and a doctor of pharmacy degree from UNC-Chapel
Hill with acknowledgement of the ECSU partnership.